Chapter 6.1, Problem 27IP

To determine

Find the percentage of the dogs which are golden retrievers.

Answer to Problem 27IP

The percentage of golden retrievers dogs is $20\%$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given:

It is given in the question that there are sixteen dogs out of $80$ which are a golden retrievers.

Concept Used:

In this, use the concept of percent proportion such that the ratio of given two number will equal to the ratio of $p/100$ .

Calculation:

Here, the actual ratio is already given only need to find percentage.

  $\begin{array}{l}\frac{16}{80}=\frac{p}{100}\\ 80\cdot p=16\cdot 100\\ p=\frac{16\times 100}{80}\\ p=20\%\end{array}$

Conclusion:

The percentage is $20\%$ .